Challenge your friends to the newest invention in mobile phone gaming. Sony Yari debuts Gesture gaming – forget about pushing buttons, with Gesture gaming you make the moves in front of the screen to get right in the middle of the action!

The Sony Yari is a 3.5G slider phone with an unusual name, and an unusual approach to gaming. Using the built-in accelerometer, the Yari allows "gesture controlled" gaming - imagine using your phone a bit like a Wii controller, and you get the general idea. Sony say that the Yari is unique in this respect outside of Japan, and give examples of tennis and boxing as the types of game you might play.

Sony launches Yari the ultimate phone for mobile fun, whether it’s gaming you’re after or multimedia action. Nothing to hold, nothing to twist - except your body - gesture gaming technology gives users a unique gaming experience no matter where they are. With a variety of games to choose from, whether you want to keep fit and stay in shape or just want to beat your best score at tennis or boxing, Yari form Sony-Ericsson brings you fun wherever you are. And with Sony-Ericsson Yari multimedia phone there’s always a new game to play. In addition to gesture games, there is a mix of pre loaded motion and standard games.